Uto-Aztecan
E16654
Uto-Aztecan is a large Native American language family of the Western United States and Mexico that includes languages such as Nahuatl, Hopi, and Ute.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Uto-Aztecan languages | 203 |
| Uto-Aztecan language family | 75 |
| Uto-Aztecan canonical | 68 |
| Uto-Aztecan peoples | 11 |
| Aztecan | 1 |
| Classical Nahuatl | 1 |
| Uto-Aztecan cultural area | 1 |
| Uto-Aztecan language area | 1 |
| Uto-Aztecan-speaking peoples | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T138751 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Uto-Aztecan Context triple: [Chemehuevi people, linguisticFamily, Uto-Aztecan]
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A.
Hokan languages
Hokan languages are a proposed but controversial grouping of several Native American language families of the western United States and Mexico that share certain typological and lexical similarities.
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Southern Numic
Southern Numic is a branch of the Numic group of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken in parts of the southwestern United States.
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C.
Yuman–Cochimí languages
Yuman–Cochimí languages are a group of closely related Indigenous languages historically spoken in the Baja California Peninsula and the lower Colorado River region of northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States.
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D.
Algonquian languages
The Algonquian languages are a large family of Indigenous languages of North America historically spoken from the Atlantic Coast to the Great Plains, including well-known languages such as Ojibwe, Cree, and Wampanoag.
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E.
Eskimo–Aleut languages
Eskimo–Aleut languages are a family of indigenous languages spoken across the Arctic regions of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and Siberia, known for their polysynthetic structure and complex morphology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Uto-Aztecan Target entity description: Uto-Aztecan is a large Native American language family of the Western United States and Mexico that includes languages such as Nahuatl, Hopi, and Ute.
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A.
Hokan languages
Hokan languages are a proposed but controversial grouping of several Native American language families of the western United States and Mexico that share certain typological and lexical similarities.
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B.
Southern Numic
Southern Numic is a branch of the Numic group of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken in parts of the southwestern United States.
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C.
Yuman–Cochimí languages
Yuman–Cochimí languages are a group of closely related Indigenous languages historically spoken in the Baja California Peninsula and the lower Colorado River region of northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States.
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D.
Algonquian languages
The Algonquian languages are a large family of Indigenous languages of North America historically spoken from the Atlantic Coast to the Great Plains, including well-known languages such as Ojibwe, Cree, and Wampanoag.
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E.
Eskimo–Aleut languages
Eskimo–Aleut languages are a family of indigenous languages spoken across the Arctic regions of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and Siberia, known for their polysynthetic structure and complex morphology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Uto-Aztecan Description of subject: Uto-Aztecan is a large Native American language family of the Western United States and Mexico that includes languages such as Nahuatl, Hopi, and Ute.
Referenced by (362)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Cahuilla people
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Nüwü (or Nuwuvi)
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Nüwü (or Nuwuvi)
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Kawaiisu people
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Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation
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Uto-Aztecan languages
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ute
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linguist Margaret L. Press
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